A study in Academic Medicine found that students in an accelerated baccalaureate-MD program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine had similar academic performance outcomes as their peers not in the accelerated program.
Unprofessional or abusive behavior by residency program faculty toward residents has the capacity to disrupt an entire program if left unaddressed. Unfortunately, for any number of reasons, some programs allow this disruptive behavior to persist, leaving residents to shoulder the burden....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Cardiovascular technologists are advanced practice professionals who perform diagnostic examinations and therapeutic interventions on the heart and/or blood vessels at the request or under direction of a physician (MD or DO), in accordance with state and federal regulations, in one or more of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
“At any given time, there are always spot shortages both by location and specialty. But the claim of an impending doctor shortage is 15 years old. The predicted shortages of 15 years ago, 10 years ago and five years ago haven't manifested. We know from past experience, when residency positions...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 32
In response to the growing concern of physician burnout, the AMA’s STEPS Forward website, which provides free online modules to help physicians revitalize their practices, outlined seven steps physicians can take to measure and respond to burnout among their colleagues.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 31
Starting in October, 2,592 hospitals will receive lower payments for Medicare patients due to penalties for high rates of readmissions, according to Kaiser Health News. The hospitals will lose a combined $420 million through the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, which was created by the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 8
CMS states that temporary privileges may be granted as allowed by state law, medical staff bylaws, and rules and regulations. The Joint Commission is more prescriptive than CMS in its standards for granting temporary privileges, specifying the reasons they may be granted, and the requirement for...
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, tackle the issues medical staffs must be aware of regarding new reporting requirements. The updated National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook was released on April 6, 2015. This is the first...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 30, Issue 16
A survey conducted by Medscape with residents may shed some light into the future of healthcare. More than 1,700 residents responded to the Residents Salary & Debt Report 2015.
